Global Patent Index - EP 1418749 A2

EP 1418749 A2 20040512 - Image recording apparatus, image forming method, and image forming apparatus

Title (en)

Image recording apparatus, image forming method, and image forming apparatus

Title (de)

Bildaufzeichnungsgerät, sowie Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Bilderzeugung

Title (fr)

Appareil d'enregistrement d'images, méthode et appareil de formation d'images

Publication

EP 1418749 A2 20040512 (EN)

Application

EP 03023556 A 20031015

Priority

  • JP 2002301951 A 20021016
  • JP 2003059537 A 20030306
  • JP 2003059717 A 20030306
  • JP 2003083624 A 20030325

Abstract (en)

The image recording apparatus scans a recording material with a light beam modulated in accordance with image information, to thereby record an image on the recording material. The apparatus includes an unit for generating a modulated signal, a unit for generating an additional signal at a timing of at least one of rising and falling of the modulated signal and a unit for generating a drive signal by adding the additional signal to the modulated signal. The image forming method and apparatus scan a photosensitive material with the light beam to record an image, and a power of the light beam is set to a power of a level at which a recording line width or a recording dot size, which is determined depending upon a threshold value for the photosensitive material to blacken, is substantially fixed even if defocus occurs.

IPC 1-7

H04N 1/409

IPC 8 full level

B41J 2/47 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); H04N 1/409 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

H04N 1/40037 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1418749 A2 20040512; EP 1418749 A3 20090318; US 2004085437 A1 20040506; US 7206013 B2 20070417

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 03023556 A 20031015; US 68564903 A 20031016